A sign of the times


Maybe those without a pint were hungover from drinking loads of pints from that very pub the night before? Probably should've asked.
 
walked into a bar in Durham, been here about an hour, 5 people playing cards on a table, probably a pint between them, if that.

Alongside the obvious increases, One of the reasons pubs are finished.
Aye used to love a game of jack back in the day, we were all pissed after a couple of hours, never go out now, shite
 
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Local pubs are not finished, The Dolphin in Farringdon shows they can be a success story if you get the fundamentals right.

Obviously it is hard, and they are shrunk in number, but it's about natural selection and the ability of business owners to compete well in the current environment.
 
The pubs need to get locals in every night. Its ok being busy Friday, Saturday and Sunday but they need trade all week or they will just close on the quiet nights
 
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He wouldn’t though would he. You’d have mumbled something under your breath before paying anyway.

Don’t be a keyboard warrior George.
With the greatest of respect mate, wind your f***ing neck in.
If don't know me enough by previous posts on here, keep your smart arse comments to yourself.
 
Local pubs are not finished, The Dolphin in Farringdon shows they can be a success story if you get the fundamentals right.

Obviously it is hard, and they are shrunk in number, but it's about natural selection and the ability of business owners to compete well in the current environment.

Think it'll end up with a pub every few estates the way it's going. The Dolly is busy because it's ran well and you can go in have a good times don't get any bother and it's fairly cheap. It's probably helped it though that you get people from all the nearby estates head there now as it's the only pub left in Farra, only a club in Plainsy, Gilley Law, only two pubs in Silky (3 clubs though tbf), none in Thorney, none in Springwell, none in Grindon, one in East Herrington.
 
One of my lads was down the down on Saturday night.
He reckons The Cooper Rose at 9.30pm had about 10 people in it.
Back in my day you wouldn't be able to see across a place like that at that time.

Also as a sign if the times my Chinese order for 4 people has now crossed the £40 mark.
The Indian has gone the same way, Thursday night special 5 courses used to be 8 or 9 quid, now it's £14.

The hospitality industry as a whole will now be suffering, people just haven't got the spare cash for niceties such as pub nights out and takeaways.
It makes me laugh when I think about the uproar when a pint down the down went up to over a pound :)
 
Drinking habits are changing. I was in the town after the match and it was busy for a couple of hours. By 8pm it was pretty quiet. Price of drinks and taxi availability has an impact.
 
When I was a lad people spent money down the pub. Nowadays it seems to get spent on Mercedes A Class/BMW 1 series and mobile phone contracts
Times change. The F2F “chat” from pubs was only possible in places like pubs when I was alive.

These days it’s possible on mobile phones, Zoom on laptops, kids can play on PS4/XBox while talking to each other.

Other nails on the coffin are cheap drink from supermarkets, smoking ban, Covid, extortionate prices from pubs (and breweries) trying to still make a profit, more entertainment available online and on TV.

The market is adjusting and the new equilibrium will be found shortly. There will still be some pubs that stay open but many of them will yet close down.

Interestingly (and sadly) the reason the pub in the village where I live is struggling isn’t down to lack of money in customers’ pockets but it’s due to weak management. The place has been taken over by drug dealers who sit with their burner phones at the desk while their spotty little messengers go backwards and forwards, returning with money from each deal. The landlord doesn’t dare inter and the police have been cut by Tories so much that what little resource is left concentrates on Peterborough, Littleport and Cambridge where the drug problems are even worse than in our village.

A knife was pulled a few weeks ago in the car park. So people have just stopped going. It’s no longer the pleasant village pub.
 
Interestingly (and sadly) the reason the pub in the village where I live is struggling isn’t down to lack of money in customers’ pockets but it’s due to weak management. The place has been taken over by drug dealers who sit with their burner phones at the desk while their spotty little messengers go backwards and forwards, returning with money from each deal. The landlord doesn’t dare inter and the police have been cut by Tories so much that what little resource is left concentrates on Peterborough, Littleport and Cambridge where the drug problems are even worse than in our village.

A knife was pulled a few weeks ago in the car park. So people have just stopped going. It’s no longer the pleasant village pub.
'kin 'el... this sounds like the manky pubs in north tyneside thread from the other day (but worse).
 
New bar opened in Church Street , Hartlepool . For 2 pints of Madri and 2 pornstar martinis , my mate was charged £26 !!
 

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